Jeremiah 18:1-2

An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery

18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ¹  18:2 “Go down at once ²  to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.” ³ 

[18:1]  ¹ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:” This same formula occurs ten other times in Jeremiah. It has already occurred at 7:1 and 11:1.

[18:2]  ² tn Heb “Get up and go down.” The first verb is not literal but is idiomatic for the initiation of an action. See 13:4, 6 for other occurrences of this idiom.

[18:2]  ³ tn Heb “And I will cause you to hear my word there.”